800m Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 800m run time?

A good 800m time is 02:27 for men and 02:56 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 800m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 800m run time standards are based on 42,388 running results submitted by 21,182 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
min/km
min/mile

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	03:27	04:13
Novice	02:51	03:27
Intermediate	02:27	02:56
Advanced	02:11	02:35
Elite	01:59	02:20
Best	01:41	01:53

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:19	05:17
Novice	03:34	04:19
Intermediate	03:04	03:41
Advanced	02:43	03:14
Elite	02:29	02:55
Best	02:06	02:22

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	06:57	08:30
Novice	05:44	06:57
Intermediate	04:56	05:55
Advanced	04:23	05:12
Elite	03:59	04:41
Best	03:23	03:48

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Male 800m Running Times

A good 800m time is 02:27 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 800m time is 01:41 for men.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	04:13	03:29	03:00	02:40	02:25	-
15	03:38	03:00	02:35	02:18	02:05	01:42
20	03:27	02:51	02:27	02:11	01:59	01:41
25	03:27	02:51	02:27	02:11	01:59	01:41
30	03:28	02:51	02:27	02:11	01:59	01:43
35	03:35	02:57	02:33	02:16	02:03	01:43
40	03:43	03:04	02:38	02:21	02:08	01:48
45	03:52	03:11	02:45	02:26	02:13	01:50
50	04:01	03:19	02:51	02:32	02:18	01:56
55	04:11	03:27	02:58	02:38	02:24	02:03
60	04:22	03:36	03:06	02:45	02:30	02:07
65	04:34	03:46	03:15	02:53	02:37	02:14
70	04:48	03:58	03:24	03:02	02:45	02:21
75	05:09	04:15	03:40	03:15	02:57	02:31
80	05:44	04:43	04:04	03:37	03:17	02:42
85	06:40	05:30	04:44	04:12	03:49	03:00
90	08:17	06:50	05:53	05:13	04:45	03:35

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	05:16	04:21	03:45	03:19	03:01	-
15	04:33	03:45	03:14	02:52	02:37	02:07
20	04:19	03:34	03:04	02:43	02:29	02:06
25	04:19	03:34	03:04	02:43	02:29	02:07
30	04:20	03:34	03:04	02:44	02:29	02:08
35	04:29	03:42	03:11	02:49	02:34	02:09
40	04:39	03:50	03:18	02:56	02:40	02:15
45	04:50	03:59	03:26	03:03	02:46	02:17
50	05:01	04:09	03:34	03:10	02:53	02:25
55	05:14	04:19	03:43	03:18	03:00	02:33
60	05:28	04:30	03:53	03:27	03:08	02:38
65	05:43	04:43	04:03	03:36	03:17	02:47
70	06:00	04:57	04:16	03:47	03:27	02:56
75	06:27	05:19	04:34	04:04	03:42	03:08
80	07:10	05:54	05:05	04:31	04:06	03:22
85	08:20	06:52	05:55	05:15	04:47	03:44
90	10:22	08:33	07:21	06:32	05:57	04:29

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	08:29	07:00	06:01	05:21	04:52	-
15	07:19	06:02	05:12	04:37	04:12	03:24
20	06:57	05:44	04:56	04:23	03:59	03:23
25	06:57	05:44	04:56	04:23	03:59	03:24
30	06:58	05:45	04:57	04:23	04:00	03:26
35	07:13	05:57	05:07	04:33	04:08	03:28
40	07:29	06:10	05:19	04:43	04:18	03:37
45	07:46	06:25	05:31	04:54	04:27	03:41
50	08:05	06:40	05:44	05:06	04:38	03:54
55	08:26	06:57	05:59	05:19	04:50	04:06
60	08:48	07:15	06:15	05:33	05:03	04:15
65	09:12	07:35	06:32	05:48	05:17	04:29
70	09:39	07:58	06:51	06:05	05:32	04:43
75	10:22	08:33	07:22	06:32	05:57	05:03
80	11:31	09:30	08:11	07:16	06:37	05:25
85	13:24	11:03	09:31	08:27	07:41	06:01
90	16:40	13:45	11:50	10:31	09:34	07:12

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Female 800m Running Times

A good 800m time is 02:56 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 800m time is 01:53 for women.

Average 800m run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	04:56	04:02	03:26	03:01	02:44	-
15	04:26	03:38	03:05	02:43	02:27	01:54
20	04:13	03:27	02:56	02:35	02:20	01:54
25	04:13	03:27	02:56	02:35	02:20	01:53
30	04:13	03:27	02:56	02:35	02:20	01:53
35	04:15	03:29	02:58	02:36	02:21	01:57
40	04:20	03:33	03:01	02:39	02:23	01:59
45	04:29	03:40	03:07	02:44	02:28	02:03
50	04:42	03:51	03:16	02:53	02:36	02:13
55	04:58	04:04	03:28	03:02	02:44	02:20
60	05:16	04:19	03:40	03:13	02:54	02:23
65	05:36	04:35	03:54	03:26	03:06	02:38
70	06:00	04:54	04:11	03:40	03:18	02:50
75	06:26	05:16	04:29	03:56	03:33	02:58
80	06:58	05:42	04:51	04:16	03:50	03:30
85	07:50	06:25	05:27	04:48	04:19	03:36
90	09:25	07:43	06:34	05:46	05:12	04:28

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	06:11	05:03	04:18	03:47	03:24	-
15	05:33	04:32	03:52	03:24	03:03	02:23
20	05:17	04:19	03:41	03:14	02:55	02:22
25	05:17	04:19	03:41	03:14	02:55	02:22
30	05:17	04:19	03:41	03:14	02:55	02:22
35	05:19	04:21	03:42	03:15	02:56	02:26
40	05:25	04:26	03:46	03:19	02:59	02:29
45	05:36	04:35	03:54	03:25	03:05	02:34
50	05:52	04:48	04:05	03:36	03:14	02:46
55	06:12	05:05	04:19	03:48	03:25	02:55
60	06:35	05:23	04:35	04:02	03:38	02:58
65	07:01	05:44	04:53	04:17	03:52	03:18
70	07:30	06:08	05:13	04:35	04:08	03:33
75	08:03	06:35	05:36	04:55	04:26	03:43
80	08:42	07:07	06:04	05:20	04:48	04:23
85	09:48	08:01	06:49	06:00	05:24	04:30
90	11:47	09:38	08:12	07:13	06:30	05:35

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	09:56	08:08	06:55	06:05	05:29	-
15	08:55	07:18	06:13	05:28	04:55	03:49
20	08:30	06:57	05:55	05:12	04:41	03:49
25	08:30	06:57	05:55	05:12	04:41	03:48
30	08:30	06:57	05:55	05:12	04:41	03:48
35	08:33	06:59	05:57	05:14	04:43	03:54
40	08:43	07:08	06:04	05:20	04:48	04:00
45	09:00	07:22	06:16	05:31	04:58	04:07
50	09:27	07:44	06:35	05:47	05:13	04:27
55	09:59	08:10	06:58	06:07	05:31	04:41
60	10:36	08:40	07:23	06:29	05:51	04:47
65	11:17	09:14	07:51	06:54	06:13	05:18
70	12:03	09:52	08:24	07:23	06:39	05:42
75	12:57	10:36	09:01	07:56	07:09	05:58
80	14:00	11:28	09:46	08:34	07:44	07:03
85	15:46	12:54	10:59	09:39	08:42	07:15
90	18:57	15:30	13:12	11:36	10:27	08:59

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Levels compare performances in this model; Average is the Intermediate (50th-percentile) standard. What the levels mean.

Data behind the 800m run time standards

Running Level analysed 7,303 qualifying results from 42,388 community results submitted by 21,182 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026 to produce our 800m run time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	42,388
Community users	21,182
Qualifying results	7,303
Male results	5,953
Female results	1,350
Data start	11 November 2020
Data cutoff	5 March 2026
Model generated	2 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.